Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 "Sonata-Fantasy"

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Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 "Sonata-Fantasy" is a highly expressive early piano sonata by Alexander Scriabin, known for its evocative, contrasting movements that suggest seascapes and emotional turbulence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
alternativeTitle Second Piano Sonata ⓘ
Sonata-Fantaisie ⓘ
linked to: Sonata-Fantasy
approximateCompositionPeriod 1892–1897 ⓘ
associatedComposerStylePeriod early Scriabin period ⓘ
late Romantic ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 19 ⓘ
commonProgrammaticAssociation images of the sea ⓘ
night seascape in the first movement ⓘ
stormy sea in the second movement ⓘ
composer Alexander Scriabin ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1897 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1892 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Nikolai Zverev ⓘ
emotionalCharacterization melancholic and lyrical first movement ⓘ
turbulent and virtuosic second movement ⓘ
firstMovementKey G-sharp minor ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Andante ⓘ
firstMovementTitle Andante ⓘ
followedBy Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 ⓘ
genre Romantic piano sonata ⓘ
influencedBy Franz Liszt ⓘ
Frédéric Chopin ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
isPartOf piano sonatas by Alexander Scriabin ⓘ
key G-sharp minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Russian ⓘ
movementCount 2 ⓘ
notableCharacteristic evocative seascape imagery ⓘ
fantasy-like formal design ⓘ
highly expressive writing ⓘ
strong contrast between movements ⓘ
notableInterpretiveChallenge coloristic pedaling and voicing ⓘ
control of wide dynamic range ⓘ
numberInSeries 2 ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Leipzig ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
precededBy Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 ⓘ
premiereYear 1898 ⓘ
publisher M. P. Belaieff ⓘ
secondMovementKey D-sharp minor ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Presto ⓘ
secondMovementTitle Presto ⓘ
title Sonata-Fantasy ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDurationMinutes 15 ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDurationRangeMinutes 13–16 ⓘ
typicalTechnicalDifficulty advanced ⓘ

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Alexander Scriabin → notableWork → Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 "Sonata-Fantasy" ⓘ
II. Andante con espressione → partOf → Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 19 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 "Sonata-Fantasy"